I had a bad feeling going into the Super Bowl that things would go in a way not to my liking, and the Patriots played horribly, so I will concede that the better-playing team won.  That’s not to say that I’m not disappointed, that I would’ve loved to have seen my favorite football team go undefeated for an entire season and go into history without being shot down during the last game by a wild-card entry.  Because I am disappointed.  But so be it.  I watched the game with good company and chili dog nachos and buffalo wings and beer.  And once again, Bud Light had the best commercials.

And the rest of the weekend was definitely enjoyable as well.  I met up with someone for a first date that was supposed to be a quick coffee meetup and ended up lasting 2 hours with plans to see each other again.  And then I ran out to Pasadena to see Cloverfield with Amandarin, which I thought was good although a little predictable.  She wound up with a headache from the cinematography, and I’ve heard similar stories of people getting motion sickness from it as well, but I came out of it all right.  And I was way excited to see the trailer for the new Star Trek movie, although I may have been the only person in the theater going “wheeeee!” like a 9-year-old when it started.  At least I know where I’ll be on Christmas this year!

All that’s left now to get past is a ton of work I have due this week… and the interview.  The piece CBS-TV interviewed me for is airing tomorrow morning, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a little nervous to see how the whole thing turns out.  There’s always a potential for being misquoted or being edited to the point of coming off sounding like you were saying something completely different from your intentions, and I am speaking on kind of a polarizing topic (it involves JDate, one of my fairly frequent ranting targets), and since they’re showing my profile and putting my name and face on national TV, the possibility of online anonymity fades to almost nil.  I hope it goes well and has a positive outcome, though I fear any potential negative reaction… although as I’ve heard over the past couple of days from a few close friends, we are our own worst critics, and I will probably not come off as bad as I think I’m going to.  That said, I’m still going to be glued to my TV tomorrow morning and probably chewing my nails down to my knuckles until it’s over.

Edited to add: Naturally, the piece got bumped and will air later this week, though I don’t know exactly when later.